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Convicted rapist due in court Friday

Violation hearing set for James Adams

Updated: Friday, 17 Aug 2012, 12:52 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 17 Aug 2012, 6:09 AM EDT

CRANSTON, R.I. (WPRI) - A convicted rapist, connected to one woman's suspicious death and two other assaults on women, is due in court Friday.

A violation hearing is scheduled for James Adams.

Back in 2005, he was convicted of raping a woman and served five years in prison.

Investigators accused the 31-year-old of raping and robbing a woman at gunpoint back in June . Then in July, he was accused of pointing a gun at a different woman .

He's also a person of interest in the murder of a woman found in a Cranston garage on July 20 .

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